Hon Chairperson, on behalf of the DA I hereby wish to give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes that the DA is very concerned and deeply perturbed that the department of education in the Eastern Cape will only have R700 million to spend on nonpersonnel issues for the period 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012;
2) further notes that the budget allocation for the department for the 2011-2012 financial year is R24,6 billion, of which 87% or R21,4 billion will go to compensation of employees, which leaves 13% or R3,2 billion to address the cumulative overexpenditure of R1,2 billion, made up of R800 million from the 2009-10 financial year and R400 million from the 2010-11 financial year;
3) also notes that the department has to address accruals of R500 million and has to cover the projected expenditure of R800 million over 10 months to pay the cost of reinstatement of temporary educators as per the recent court order;
4) recognises that when all the amounts are added up, it is obvious that this department will have major difficulties in funding its various programmes with only R700 million available to it, which will have to provide for scholar transport, the school nutrition programme, learner-teacher support material, appointment of substitutes, provision of school furniture and the building of schools; and
5) debates the education crisis in the Eastern Cape and the possible solutions.